Oral health status of 5 years and 12 years school going children in Chennai city - An epidemiological study

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-22

  Mahesh Kumar, P ^a   Joseph, T ^a   Varma, R B ^a   Jayanthi, M ^a  

^a RAGAS DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Dental Caries; Dental Treatment Needs; Prevalence; Simplified OHIS in Five Years

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; ENAMEL; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GINGIVA; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MOUTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STATUS; TOOTH DISEASE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 19044363731     PISSN: 09704388     EISSN: 09704388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.16021     Document Type: Article

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